Sept. 22, 1989 -

The Independent Television Service, a program service to aid independent producers, is incorporated. In 1988, Congress passed legislation requiring CPB to establish an independent program service “to expand the diversity and innovativeness of programming available to public broadcasting.” ITVS begins operation in June 1991.

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